Ferrotepec Fm., IGM Loc. 17: Middle Miocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Cunearca telemba
(Olsson 1964)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione tembla
Olsson 1964
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| synonym of Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis | ||||||||||
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"Cyclinella" cf. beteyensis
Olsson 1922
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella acosta
Olsson 1964
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Turritella cf. altilira
Conrad 1857
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| recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira | ||||||||||
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Turritella ocoyana
Conrad 1855
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Gastropoda
- Eocypraeidae
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Eocypraea keenae
Woodring 1959
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| recombined as Sphaerocypraea wegeneri keenae | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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? Scobinella sp.
Conrad 1848
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Polystira tenagos
(Gardner 1947)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus boggsi
Olsson 1964
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Conus multiliratus
(Olsson 1922)
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| recombined as Conasprelloides multiliratus | ||||||||||
| [entered as Conus multilirata] | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Cymia sp.
Mörch 1860
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Michoacan |
| Coordinates: | 18.0° North, 102.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.6° North, 99.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ferrotepec |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 66165 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Peters | Enterer: | S. Peters |
| Modifier: | S. Peters | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-10-03 11:55:33 | Last modified: | 2006-10-03 15:00:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-10-03 11:55:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18954. | J. W. Durham, S.P. Applegate, and L. Espinosa-Arrubarrena. 1981. Onshore marine Cenozoic along southwest Pacific coast of Mexico. Geological Society America Bulletin 92:384-394 [S. Peters/S. Peters] |